Lou Dobbs

[DroppinScience]

I think he, along with figures like Keith Olbermann, are important people to have within the mainstream media.

By no means do I agree with everything Dobbs argues, but he's clearly not taking Democratic or Republican talking points and wants far more than just two "different" views.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/10/Dobbs.Oct11/index.html

Particularly watch the video to the side. Excellent food for thought.

[yeahwho]

I really enjoyed the link. For decades "Politics 101" was considered appealing to the electorates pocketbook.

From the Dobbs Link (I've literally never heard anyone in Congress argue that lobbyists are bad for America. In 1968 there were only 63 lobbyists in Washington. Today, there are more than 34,000, and lobbyists now outnumber our elected representatives and their staffs by a 2-to-1 margin.),

I've literally never heard anyone in Congress argue that lobbyists are bad for America. In 1968 there were only 63 lobbyists in Washington. Today, there are more than 34,000, and lobbyists now outnumber our elected representatives and their staffs by a 2-to-1 margin.

According to the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity, from 1998 through 2004, lobbyists spent nearly $12 billion to not only influence legislation, but in many cases to write the language of the laws and regulations.

Individual firms, corporations and national organizations spent a record $2.14 billion on lobbying members of Congress and 220 other federal agencies in 2004, according to PoliticalMoneyLine. That's nearly $6 million a day spent to influence our leaders. We really do have the best government money can buy.

The Faithbased movement has shown that greed is not important to them by voting with their conscious. I have a breaking news story for the voters of the United States of America,

"GREED IS IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE MAKING YOUR LAWS!"

[SobaViolence]

i'd call it an oligarchy, but that's not specific enough for this scenario...

until i figure one out, 'American Democracy' will have to do